IdiomDaily Life
English
Englishbe in the know
Meaning: To have information that most people do not have.
Example: “Only the staff in the know were told about the closure.”
Origin: "The know" treats knowledge as a place one can be inside. The phrase is recorded from the late 19th century.
Equivalents in other languages
Spanish: Estar en el ajo Literally: To be in the garlic
Dutch: weten waar Abraham de mosterd haalt Literally: To know where Abraham gets the mustard
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